Efficiency and efficacy of public food procurement from family farmers for school feeding in Brazil

Abstract

An evaluation of efficiency and efficacy of the implementation of article 14 of Law 11947/2009 was carried out in the southern region of Brazil. By performing quali-quantitative research with interviews, provision of accounts and public calls, the results demonstrate that efficiency is greater when there is strategic action of social actors and state permeability. Such purchases are effective, providing income to family farmers and food quality to schoolchildren.